Manmohan Singh

“I have always regarded nonalignment as a statement that India's policies - foreign policy - will be guided by what I describe as 'enlightened national interest.' That means we will make judg...”

“Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.”

“I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.”

“Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.”

“I have dealt with politicians ever since I came into the government in 1971. I have seen many prime ministers, many finance ministers.”

“We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.”

“Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services. Financial protectionism is also bad and should be avoided.”

“We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competitio...”

“Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let us say 20 years, and you don't have a well...”

“A victory for the Taliban in Afghanistan would have catastrophic consequences for the world - particularly for South Asia, for Central Asia, and for the Middle East.”